Health behaviors, lifestyle, environment, policy, and other social-ecological factors play critical roles in disease prevention and control. Access to evidence-based interventions and high quality health information and care can provide a foundation for eliminating health disparities. Our mission is to:
- Advance understanding of behavioral, nutritional, and environmental factors, as well as policies that affect physical health and psychosocial well-being.
- Increase dissemination and implementation of effective approaches for improving care at the local and global level, with emphasis on promoting health equity.
HBRIS Faculty: The academic/professional backgrounds of our multidisciplinary faculty include anthropology, business administration, epidemiology, health education, medicine, nutrition-dietetics and psychology (clinical health, community).
Faculty Collaborative Initiatives & Partnerships
Bronx Oncology Living Daily (BOLD)
Alyson Robblee-Moadel, Director
Cancer wellness program includes peer navigation and mentoring for cancer patients (BOLD Buddies) and their children (BOLD Brothers and Sisters)
https://www.einsteinmed.edu/cancercenter/support
https://tinyurl.com/BOLDpgmVideo
Bronx Community Health Network
David Lounsbury, Collaborating Investigator
https://www.bchnhealth.org/
Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention and Control
Bruce Rapkin, Program Co-Leader
https://www.einsteinmed.edu/centers/cancer/research-programs/cancer-epidemiology-prevention-control/
Center for Systems and Community Design, CUNY School of Public Health
David Lounsbury, Collaborating Investigator
https://www.cunycscd.org/
Global Health Center
Adebola Adedimeji and David Lounsbury, Center Faculty
http://www.einsteinmed.edu/centers/global-health/
University of Ibadan, College of Medicine
David Lounsbury, Collaborating Investigator
https://com.ui.edu.ng/
Institute for Community Research
David Lounsbury, Collaborating Investigator
https://icrweb.org/
Harold and Muriel Block INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH at Einstein and Montefiore
Community Engagement & Collaboration Core
Alvin Strelnick, Director
Life Span & Special Population Core
Carmen Isasi, Co-Director
Program Evaluation
David Lounsbury
https://www.einsteinmed.edu/centers/ictr/
Healing Communities Study
Bruce Rapkin, Damara Gutnick, David Lounsbury, Collaborating Investigators
https://www.montefiore.org/multimillion-dollar-nih-grant-to-help-reduce-opioid-use-get-care-to-people-who-need-it
Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)
Bronx Field Center
Robert C. Kaplan (PI), Carmen R. Isasi (co-PI)
SOL Nutrition & Physical Activity Assessment Study (SOLNAS)
Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, PI
SOL-Youth
Carmen Isasi, PI;
Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Multi-Ethnic Physical Activity & Sedentary behavior Study (COMPASS)
Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, MPI with Robert C. Kaplan & Vasan Ramachandran
https://sites.cscc.unc.edu/hchs/front-page-news
Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative
Damara Gutnick, Medical Director
https://montefiorehvc.org/
Community Networks
https://montefiorehvc.org/community/
What Matters to You? (WMTY) Tool and Resources
https://montefiorehvc.org/what-matters-to-you/
More WMTY Materials
https://montefiore.ent.box.com/s/t07ax771qi3ubqdbjww1hqqxde3svr63
Library Intervention video
https://vimeo.com/358366525
Paramedic Program video
https://vimeo.com/391047498
Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
David Lounsbury, Collaborating Investigator
https://case.edu/swetland/
Multicultural Healthy Diet Study to Reduce Cognitive Decline & Alzheimer’s Disease Risk
Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, PI
https://montefioreeinstein.org/es/news/2017/11/06/nih-funds-research-fight-alzheimers-disease-anti-inflammatory-diet
NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP)
Bruce Rapkin, MPI for Cancer Care Delivery Research
Montefiore Einstein Minority/Underserved Community Site
https://ncorp.cancer.gov
New York Regional Center for Diabetes Translational Research (CDTR)
Jeffrey Gonzalez, Director
Judith Wylie-Rosett, Co-Director
Earle Chambers, Associate Director
Carmen Isasi, Associate Director
CDTR Core Services for diabetes/obesity translational research
http://www.einsteinmed.edu/centers/diabetes-translational-research/
Translational Intervention Methodology Core
Jeffrey Gonzalez, Director
Judith Wylie-Rosett, Co-Director
http://www.einsteinmed.edu/centers/diabetes-translational-research/timc/
Life Course Methodology Core
Carmen Isasi, Director
http://www.einsteinmed.edu/centers/diabetes-translational-research/lcmc/
Population Health and Health Systems Core
Earle Chambers, Director
http://www.einsteinmed.edu/centers/diabetes-translational-research/phhs/
Latino Network for Diabetes Translational Research -National Resource Core
Jeffrey Gonzalez, Co-Director
Carmen Isasi, Co-Director
http://www.einsteinmed.edu/centers/diabetes-translational-research/latino-network/
Enrichment Program
Earle Chambers, Director
https://www.einsteinmed.edu/centers/diabetes-translational-research/seminars/
Pilot & Feasibility Grants
Judith Wylie-Rosett, Director
Elizabeth Walker, Co-Director
https://www.einsteinmed.edu/centers/diabetes-translational-research/pilot/
Team Participatory Systems Dynamics (PSD) VA Palo Alto
David Lounsbury, Facilitator
https://forio.com/app/va/va-psd-team/teampsd.html
Division Contact
Susan Mangot
718.839.7451
Susan.mangot@einsteinmed.edu